Desertification

Morocco to spend $1bln to upgrade urban transports

Morocco will earmark 1 billion dollars to buy new buses in different Moroccan cities as part of a 2024-2029 urban transport modernization plan, the interior minister Abdelouafi Laftit said. In total, Morocco would need 3500 new buses in 32 cities as part of an investment that also includes the upgrade of ticket machines and stations, […]

Libya: Tension between BM, Serraj Escalates

Misrata-based armed forces known as Bunyan Marsous (BM) aligned with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) have accused the Prime Minister Faiez Serraj of abandoning BM forces after the capture in December of Sirte that was held by the Islamic State. The BM, known as one of Libya’s most organized forces, drove out the […]

Morocco’s King Sends Written Message to Mauritanian President

King Mohammed VI has addressed a written message to President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz of Mauritania. The message was handed to the Mauritanian Head of State this Monday in Nouakchott by the emissary of King Mohammed VI, Nizar Baraka. The royal emissary told the media that that the two Heads of State are both firmly determined […]